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Problem statement: When using moderation features (especially in New Quizzes, but this would be equally helpful in Classic), it would be helpful if after clicking on a student's name if the name of th...

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Problem statement: The moderate tab doesn't really feel like you are actually moderating. You can't see the timer reducing, you don't know if people are almost out of time in order to add more time. Y...

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Problem statement: Quiz log data is only available on the webpage while viewing it. We have faculty and data analysists asking for exportable/downloadable data. While this is possible via API, the amo...

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Problem statement: I have an ever-growing list of Blueprints (currently 50) that I need to adjust the module access dates on 8x a year, so currently it's a ton of manual work (not to mention a cramped...

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Problem statement: Currently, Co-teachers can see statistics across different sections of a Canvas Quiz. This is an issue as many times, co-teachers should only be able to see student grades/results o...

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Problem statement: Currently, you have to click on the settings for each discussion to pin it and close it to comments. You also have to click on 'Publish' and 'Subscribe' for each discussion individu...

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Problem statement: The newly introduced separator lines between posts help to separate the content. However, the hierarchical level of replies (reply, reply to reply, reply to reply to reply) is still...

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Problem statement: If I am currently hiding the replies to a discussion, the replies (level 2) and the replies to the replies (level 3) are conceptually grouped together. For example, if there are 3 r...

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Problem statement: As far as I can tell, there has been an idea that was also developed. However, when teachers post something and thereafter delete their post, they basically have to delete the whoel...

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Problem statement: Self sign-up must currently be opened and closed manually by course admins. This requires two extra to-dos for teachers to keep track of during the term. Proposed solution: Allow s...

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Problem statement: While students who are set to Inactive enrollment status (dropped students) cannot send "new" Inbox course messages, if the Inactive student was in a previously sent Inbox course me...

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Problem statement: Posting links in Canvas has not quality control vis-a-vis cybersecurity. The addition of a tool or service that scans all posted hyperlinks to check for malicious action would safeg...

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Problem statement: I would like a way to designate that assignments have extra/bonus points. It would be particularly helpful, especially since our district syncs with PowerSchool and it only counts p...

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Problem statement: When working in the RCE, it should be more clear which course is being edited, especially in cases of transferring text from one course (one tab) to another. When saving edits, ther...

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Problem statement: In some courses, files are displayed under Files and also embedded in Modules, Assignments, and Announcements. And because students don't get feedback about whether they've already ...

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Problem statement: In some courses, files are only displayed under Files and students are assigned to work on some/all/selected files. However, they do not receive any feedback in Files about whether ...

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Problem statement: Currently I can only replace one file with another without changing the object ID (which is important for course links) if the names are exactly the same. The option to exchange the...

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Problem statement: When I upload articles as files to a course, I would like to be able to manually add a reference or citation. Currently, the only way to do this is by embedding a file in a page whe...

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Problem statement: Our main language is German, but many students and staff only speak English. As the majority of users are native German speakers, the system default is also German. Non-German speak...

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Problem statement: When students click on an assignment title in their gradebook, they see "No Preview Available," but can access the assignment or quiz by clicking the link at the top of the page. I ...

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